HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PLAN FOR BACKCOUNTRY WILDERNESS AREA OF HIGHLANDS RANCH February 29, 2016 MUNDUS BISHOP 2601 Blake Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80205 MUNDUS BISHOP BACKCOUNTRY WILDERNESS AREA OF HIGHLANDS RANCH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Table of Contents 1. Cover Letter ............................................................................................................................... 1 2. Company Information ............................................................................................................... 3 3. Staff Allocation .......................................................................................................................... 4 4. Relevant Experience .............................................................................................................. 10 5. Work Plan and Project Schedule ............................................................................................. 17 6. Fee Proposal ............................................................................................................................ 25 7. References ............................................................................................................................... 26 1. COVER LETTER February 29, 2016 HRCA Attn: Mark Giebel 4800 McArthur Ranch Road Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 Selection Committee: We are pleased to present our proposal response to provide professional services for the Planning Areas of the Backcountry Wilderness Area of Highlands Ranch. We recognize the importance of this open space to Highlands Ranch and the community. Because of this, we have crafted a specialized approach and a skilled team to ensure this space becomes the spectacular community recreational place envisioned. We offer a highly skilled team with the imagination, demonstrated experience, and collaborative working style needed to make this a successful place. Our team is led by Mundus Bishop, a landscape architectural firm known regionally and nationally as experts in the fields of open space and park design, and design of civic spaces. Our award-winning projects emphasize originality and innovative design that integrates sense of place with green practices. Our designs for community and regional parks, and natural and recreational places brings forward the special qualities of each place, resulting in memorable and beloved public spaces. • Tina Bishop, principal-in-charge, will be the primary contact responsible for overseeing all work, leading the public process, facilitating meetings, and serving as lead designer. Pat Mundus brings extensive experience in open space and recreational planning, and experience working with the HRCA. Brian Nierman, project landscape architect, will provide project management, consultant coordination, design assistance, construction documentation, and construction administration. Aicha Menendez, landscape designer, will be responsible for production and graphic assistance. Several of our recent projects address the broad array of recreational needs and desires that also exist within the HRCA Backcountry Wilderness Area. Our current work for Genesee Mountain Park is revitalizing this key park with new design for day-use areas, trailheads and overlooks, shelters, roads, picnic sites, and trails, along with improvements to the ropes challenge course, and addition of visitor amenities. Our master planning efforts for Hot Springs State Park in Wyoming includes analysis and recommendations for recreational needs for a broad demographic from families and children to disabled persons to an active older park user. Within this open space, we are addressing recreational needs as diverse as hiking and mountain biking, hot springs soaking and active aquatics, walking, bison viewing and scenic drives, play areas, visitor orientation, picnicking, and lodging. Because our firm focuses on design and planning in public places, we clearly understand the importance of inclusive and engaging sessions with the constituency and communities of open spaces such as Highland’s Ranch Backcountry Wilderness Area. Just as important, is our close collaboration with the stewards of these places. • We are known for our engaging and productive ommunityc processes. Techniques include open houses, hands-on work sessions, mind-mapping exercises, I WISH cards, stakeholder and steering committees, and other methods to ensure the broadest community involvement is achieved. HRCA Request for Proposal - Backcountry Wilderness Area of Highlands Ranch 1 • Our process is an interactive approach that ensures participants are engaged, understand the project and have their issues / ideas heard. We involve all through meetings and an on-line web-based presence to garner the broadest range of interests. • Collaboration with HRCA Board of Directors, District Delegates, and Backcountry Planning Areas Advisory Committee is a core part of our project approach. We offer a seamless integration of our staff with HRCA constituents, and commit to quality service and timely deliverables. We have assembled a highly skilled team, selected for their specific knowledge and expertise within their core discipline. They are committed to design excellence, integrated design for recreation within parks and natural settings, and in meeting the needs of the communities we serve. Our proposal is organized as requested by the RFP. We look forward to your favorable review of our proposal. Please call if you need additional information. Sincerely, Tina Bishop, RLA, ASLA Principal-in-Charge Tina Bishop, RLA, ASLA, Landscape Architect Primary Contact Mundus Bishop Design, Inc. 2601 Blake Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80205 T. 303.477.5244 x26 E. [email protected] www.mundusbishop.com 2 HRCA Request for Proposal - Backcountry Wilderness Area of Highlands Ranch 2. COMPANY INFORMATION MUNDUS BISHOP DESIGN, INC. Mundus Bishop is an award-winning landscape architectural firm, based in Denver, Colorado with specialized expertise in the planning and design of significant parks, open spaces and public places. We are known for our originality and contextual approach to design, our commitment to sustainability, our consistent use of green practices, and our collaborative working style with public agencies and communities. We are committed to the stewardship of our natural resources and follow practices that integrate these philosophies into our work with continued sensitivity to environmental impacts. Mundus Bishop offers professional expertise in master planning, site design, interpretive planning, cultural and natural resource assessment, final design, community engagement, construction documentation and construction administration. Our work includes: - public parks, natural areas, open space, and trails; - play experiences, learning environments, and recreation; - civic and memorial spaces; - campuses, museums, and event and arena spaces; - cultural and historical landscapes; - public gardens. Mundus Bishop is directed by Tina Bishop, RLA, ASLA, founding principal, and landscape architect with 30 years of experience. Our studio consists of eight staff: four landscape architects, one landscape designer, one park planner, a graphics technician, and an office/marketing manager. We use the most current computer software and hardware including Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Rhinoceros, and ArcGIS. Our firm was established in 1999, and is located in the RiNo district of downtown Denver, Colorado. We are a MWBE, DBE, and SBE with the City & County of Denver, and a certified small business administration (SBA) with the federal government. We work all across the country with projects located in 14 states. Our core work is in the Rocky Mountain west. Our clients include federal, state and local agencies and nonprofits organizations, including many parks and regional offices of the National Park Service; the State of Wyoming Trails, Parks and Historic Sites department; the State of Colorado, and many municipalities such as the City & County of Denver. Currently, we are collaborating with Trust for Public Lands (TPL) on the design of the Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK) Education Center and Montbello Open Space in east Denver, and for Fitness Zones for several urban parks in central Denver. Our highly skilled and creative sub-consultant team brings the interest, understanding and relevant expertise needed to create a successful process, and engaging place. Our consultants are individually selected for their specific knowledge and expertise within their core discipline. They bring substantial specialized experience and technical competence in all aspects of the final design and engineering for the park. HRCA Request for Proposal - Backcountry Wilderness Area of Highlands Ranch 3 3. STAFF ALLOCATION The following describes our team and responsibility of each team member. We are a collaborative team of highly skilled individuals with specialized experience, and a proven track record of creating visionary plans that successfully guide implementation overtime. We bring significant experience in the master planning of open spaces, recreation, trails, and specialty facilities to the master planning for the Backcountry Wilderness. MUNDUS BISHOP will serve as prime consultant, and lead the planning process, providing design, project management, community engagement, and coordination. Our professional planning responsibilities will be to address the recreational needs, demands